Agreed, reject...This is the end of negotiations with America, once and for all! If Wilson wants war, let him provoke it and then have it. - Wilhelm II

The king holds his power by the grace of God, to whom alone he is responsible. He chooses his own path, and only decides his actions from this point of view. It is the Kingship by the grace of God, the Kingship with its heavy duties, its never finished, unending toils and labours, with its dread responsibility to the Creator alone, from which no man, no minister, no House of Deputies, and no people can release the Prince.

My people must aid me in my duties, not by angry speeches or by the unreasonable opposition of political parties, but by explaining their difficulties to their Sovereign and showing confidence in him.

Our predecessors have gone; we remain; and it is our duty to preserve what they bequeathed us.